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That'll just give me a different version of the problem I already have. It's kind of lame that mackie linked the "tape out" to the master fader, and didn't calibrate it to -10. If I put a volume pot between the mixer and the box, I'd have to decrease the gain in the pot, and then increase the gain i...

I've been using the tape outs, but I don't think Mackie calibrated it with the meters, so I'm still getting a really high output. I'm pretty much all set up for +4, so I hate to start switching just to listen to my crappy boombox, although, as much as I hate to say it, it's telling me things my near...

Adjusting the volume of the ghetto blaster doesn't do it, because the signal coming from the mixer overloads the inputs, and the bass causes some pretty serious distortion regardless of how loud the volume is. The Mackie doesn't have a -10/+4 switch. Maybe I'll try switching my audio interface outpu...

I've been switching between my nearfields (which are balanced +4) and my ghetto blaster (which is -10). 0 db on my Mackie mixer is closer to +4 than -10, so every time I switch to my ghetto blaster, I have to turn the master fader down, or start turning individual channels down (especially the kick ...

True. And coupled with that development is the strange fact that more and more music is produced for lower quality media like the mp3's people play with their iPods or put on their websites for streaming. A very minute portion of the music recorded today, even in commercial studios, is actually dest...

My Marshall (before I sold it) really came alive when you put it through celestion vintage 30's. I also had some greenbacks, which I think were 25 watts, but it wasn't the same sound. I tried some higher wattage speakers, and they also didn't sound good. The difference wasn't subtle either. Definite...

I bought an mbox just to "learn pro tools." I hate this fucking program.

From everything I've heard, the mini-me's aren't that great, either as converters or pres, although they probably work o.k. for location recording.

I wouldn't recommend apogee stuff to anybody after my experience with their staff when some a/d converters broke. My impression from dealing with them was they're a bit like Digidesign. I really didn't like them.

I bought a Fender Deluxe, brand new (not a reissue, but all tube), about 5 years ago. I think I got it for under 500 at Guitar Center. I like it alot more than my boogie (Trem-o-verb) for recording. I put a 57 right up next to the speaker and a 414 several feet back in the hallway -- and it's the be...

Did you enable bus 5-8 in the VST outputs window (within nuendo, devices/vst ouputs/click the blue button on the right 4 faders?). If that doesn't work, did your lynx come with a utility that's running in the backround? If so, open it up, and unmute 5 through 8. If that doesn't work, read the lynx m...

Thanks. I've been wanting to here this mic ever since your review.

That's probably not the best place to be micing for fingerpicking, if you're only using one mic. Try putting another mic closer to the bridge, which is where you're going to get more of the midrange articulation you want for fingerpicking. Basically, you get more midrange on the bridge side of the g...

The 1820m, and the 1212m both have the akm converters that are used by the high end digi and motu interfaces. I'm not sure what the m stands for (maybe "mastering grade"). The 1820 has the same i/o options (I think), and pre's, but has slightly lower quality converters.

If you already have software (I assume you're still using Sonar), I'd steer you away from the mbox. I have one, and it's definitely overpriced, and severely limited (high latency, on and off performance); not bad for basic 2 channel location recording, but I couldn't recommend it for anything else. ...